A good year

[urkles]

Had an enjoyable year and it is impossible to pick the best of what I have been fortunate to see so here is just a snapshot of the places I have travelled to in 2014, hope they are enjoyable;

The first month I was in Okinawa and Thailand, First off, 3 days at Naha
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NAMC YS-11EB 02-1159, DSK/JASDF by urkyurky, on Flickr

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Naha Action by urkyurky, on Flickr

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MCD F-15J Eagle by urkyurky, on Flickr

Also spent three days at Kadena

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MCD F-15C Eagle, 18th Wing by urkyurky, on Flickr

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MCD/BAe AV-8B, VMA-233 by urkyurky, on Flickr

Plus a couple of days at Futenma

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Futenma by urkyurky, on Flickr

Then off to Thailand for the Childrens Day airshow and a base visit at DMK

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JAS-39C Gripen, 701 Sqn, RTAF by urkyurky, on Flickr

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Don Muang Flightline by urkyurky, on Flickr

March 4th it was off to Lakenheath

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MCD F-15C Eagle, 48th FW by urkyurky, on Flickr

The last week in April saw me at Marrakech in Morocco

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Mirage F-1, RMAF by urkyurky, on Flickr

May 21st saw a great sunset at Mildenhall

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Boeing RC-135W, 55th WG by urkyurky, on Flickr

Then the airshow started, first of was Ronneby in Sweden

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SK-35C Draken, SwAFHF by urkyurky, on Flickr

Saber Strike kicked off at Fairford

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Saber Strike by urkyurky, on Flickr

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Over Scotland by urkyurky, on Flickr

Great to catch up with the Swedes again at the Waddington Airshow

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SK-35C Draken, SwAFHF by urkyurky, on Flickr

And before RIAT it was good to meet up with some old shipmates at Yeovilton

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RNAS Yeovilton, July 11th 2014 by urkyurky, on Flickr

Then it was RIAT time

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RAF Fairford, RIAT by urkyurky, on Flickr

And straight away that meant Farnborough

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Airbus Military A-400M by urkyurky, on Flickr

Then it was off to Italy to visit Ghedi

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Tornado IDS by urkyurky, on Flickr

More Tonkas at Piacenza

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Tornado ECR by urkyurky, on Flickr

And my personal highlight of the year, an amazing visit to Grosetto

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Eurofighter EF2000A by urkyurky, on Flickr

Had a few trips to Wattisham this year as its quite close

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Sea King HAR.3A by urkyurky, on Flickr

Horrible weather at Brize Norton for the NATO flypast

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EF.2000 Luftwaffe by urkyurky, on Flickr

My lack of talent was really shown with Obama's visit!

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Air Force One by urkyurky, on Flickr

Nice visitor at Eindhoven in the Netherlands

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Airbus A-310 by urkyurky, on Flickr

Plus a great show at Kleine Brogel

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Freece Tricolori by urkyurky, on Flickr

Spent a nice couple of days at Andravida in Greece

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F-4E PI2000, HAF by urkyurky, on Flickr

And then witnessed the last flights of the A-7 at Araxos

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LTV TA-7C Corsair II by urkyurky, on Flickr

Finished off with nice visit to Baldonnel - Casement

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Baldonnel-Casement, Eire by urkyurky, on Flickr

And of course the year was spent alot of the time at Mildenhall and Lakenheath!

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Boeing KC-135R by urkyurky, on Flickr

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MCD F-15C Eagle by urkyurky, on Flickr

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F-15E, 48th FW by urkyurky, on Flickr

Hope its not too boring, but I had a good year!

[Maisie]

I would love to do most of that in my life time, not a year! Nice one Mark... few favourites there but I think the B52 air-to-air makes me very jealous!

[redbearing]

Great variable set, some nice destinations!

[Agg]

The B-52 air-to-air is fantastic!

[Jdm13]

Not too boring. I would love to be able to go around all those bases in japan and Thailand especially futenma with all those ospreys.
Regards
James

[Airwolfhound]

Some fabulous access there, and a great series of shots

[RobHowarth]

What a year Mark! absolutely fantastic set of pictures.

Cheers Rob

[Blackbird]

Fantastic all round set of photos

Andy

[Fumbles]

That is a proper aviation related year... Some of those places are on my 'bucket list' to visit. I really enjoyed seeing these.

[urkles]

Cheers everyone, hopefully 2015 will have as many highlights!